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·THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 6, 1941.
SIGNIFICANCE SEEN
IN GEN. WAVELL'S
INDIA APPOINTMENT
THE IMPORTANCE of India in British war strategy is stressed by the Stockholm newspaper "Svenska ·Dagbladet,” which re- fers to the prominent role of Indian troops in the Middle East fighting.
The newspaper says: "Indian arms pro- duction is even more important in the British war effort than the part played by the troops.
"Indian expurts to the rest of the Empire increased by £20 mil- lions last year thanks to her trem- endously increased war material production,
"GENERAL WAVELL'S TRANSFER TO INDIA WAS CLEARLY ACTUATED BY IM- PORTANT MOTIVES.
In
"Whereas the position Egypt is now stabilised, the struggle for positiona Ja com- mencing further east around Tran, while China is now being closely drawn into the British Asian plan, which is as much in the foreground of Anglo-Saxon consciousness as Europe.
Great Victory
AMERICA'S
FORWARD
STRIDES
The remarkable deve- lopment in the measures
of economic defence
"What about the Indians them- taken by the United
selves? General Wavell has taken
various measures to stimulate the States Government dur-1 war effort and it is a great victory ing the last six months
were stressed by Mr.
that members of Gandhi's party have joined the War Council.” Explaining the enormous ficu.ties of India, due to its differ- Hugh Dalton in the Com-
dif-
ent languages and ruces, the paper
adds: "So far the British have mons.
succeeded in their task of joining all coloured peoples--except
the Mr. Dalton, who is Minister of] Japanese-in united resistance Economic Warfare, explained against Germany."-Reater.
U.S. WORKERS SEND MILK WITH TOOLS
A box of 48 pint tins of evaporated milk was found in each of three cases of machine tools from America received at a Ministry of Supply ordnance fac- tory recently.
Attached to each box was a typewritten slip, which read:-
that the United States' export licencing system which now Covers almust all commodities important for war purposes is be ng strictly enforced and is the most effective means of denying supplies to the enemy,
WHEN HITLER DIES
"I believe that when Hitler dies, the word 'London' will be found written upon
his heart," declored Mr. Arthur Greenwood, at a Bexley War Wea- pons Week meeting, recently.
"In the eyes of his- tory," he added, "the name of London will be synonymous with German failure."
"We are a slow- moving people, but Hitler is finding that the greatest and most costly mistake he has made was the British roce as decadent, spineless and slothful."
to regard
SHANGHAI KIDNAPPING
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
It is now being supplement- ed and aided by a big pro- KIDNAPPERS RESUMED gramme of purchases of strate- THEIR ACTIVITY IN SHANG - gic material in South America | HAI WHEN THEY SNATCHED which will also deprive the HU CHỮ - KWANG, 3 9, Axis of valuable supplies.
WEALTHY COMPRADORE OF THE ZOONG ZING COTTON
The financial side of the MILL. blockade had been much streng- thened by the freezing of Ger- man, Italian and Japanese essels, said Mr. Dalton in conclusion.
""The employees of Jones
He characterised America's Machine Tool Works, Cincinnati, measures as "remarkable.** Ohio, have sent this box of Reuter. evaporated milk to the employees where this machine has been sent. The milk is intended for your children and has been sent with-- out the knowledge of the pur- chasers of this tool or any agent connected with same.
"We trust this food will be distributed where it Is most needed."
The milk has been sent to chil- dren in a heavily raided area. The machine tools are already helping to produce guns.
"RED" CHARGE IS DENIED
The daring abduction was staged by three gunmen and the victim is reported to be in captivity in Chapel.
It is the third case in a month involving cotton mills and poli- tical motives are suspected. International News Service.
BIGGER SICK PAY FOR
17,000,000 WORKERS
ABOUT 17,000,000 insured workers-10,500,000 men and 6,500,000 women-will get bigger benefits under the National Health insurance scheme from January next. Sickness and disablement benefits will be raised by three shillings a week.
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Nearly half a million more black coat workers are to be brought into the compulsory health and | pension scheme by raising the salary limit to £420 a
year.
DR. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS. MISS STORM JAMESON, MR. E. M. FORSTER AND DR. G. P.
The Minister of Health -an- GOOCH ARE AMONG THE nounced this in the Commons, SIGNATORIES TO A STATE He said that sickness. benefit for a MENT LAST MONTH DENYING man would be raised to 18s. and ALLEGATIONS THAT THE disablement beneilt; to',10s. Gdz FREE GERMAN LEAGUE OF For single women and widows CULTURE IS "COMMUNIST the new rates would be 15s. and CONTROLLED.”
98. respectively, and for married women 138, and 8s.
Such a statement #declared the signatories, is calculated to do. serious damage to the only masa organisation of German refugees in Britain...
This is the first time for twenty years that there has been a gene rise: in benefits.
These increases are made to maet the needs of Uma conditions.
State Grant
"The League, takes most seri- ously, its task of keeping alive the spirit of what is best in Ger- man culture. It is a cultural and Welfare organisation, and in con- trast to totalitarian organisations; takes members of every political The changes will be made Creed as long as they are against possible by payment of State the Hitler system. Macri grant and by increasing by "2d3 The hope is expressed, that the weekly contributions of men and TU.C., which made the original women, ld. of this increase to be charges, will withdraw thema borne by the employer,
́The State's share of thla cost will: total £1,300,000 in the first years,
Indreased.cont~of, pensiona— through, bringing in the £420- m-year worker-wil!"be £1,000,- 1000 a year for the first ten years,” after which, it will rise quickly sta #£2,000,000, ⠀⠀
Power will:1
„ba......... sought to deal with the position. In insurance of civilian prisoners of war and other similar war problems,
The Bill would-be an Interim measure, said the Minister but the Government hoped in due course thoroughly to overhaul, existing schemes of social insurance parti- cularly health pensions, fistirance. and workmen's compensation:
Quarantine, restrictions have been imposed against arrivals from Shang on account of Cholera,
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